I was born in Vancouver and have lived all around BC and China. I moved back to Vancouver for school, and have fallen in love with this city. I want to build a life here, but decades of austerity, privatization, and government inaction have made Vancouver unaffordable for regular people. We need an ambitious agenda that actually helps regular Vancouverites, not just the ultra-rich. 

We’re being priced out. I know people in my university classes who worry if they’ll be able to afford to stay in this city. I want to build a city we can actually afford. 

I’m an on-campus organizer and student advocate who has run many campaigns for student issues, and I know that with your help, we can mobilize an unprecedented turnout of young voters this election to prove that our generation will come out to vote for the values, issues, and candidates we believe in.

I know how to make change happen. As an executive member of the BC Young New Democrats, I lobbied the Minister of Health for emergency funding to save BC’s public sexual health clinics. 

As the VP External at the AMS, UBC’s student union, I worked with other student unions and climate activists to lobby MPs to create a Youth Climate Corps. We successfully won a $40 million commitment for youth climate jobs even amidst wider cuts in the federal budget.

I also led the campaign for the UBC SkyTrain. With a team of 50 students, I ran a petition which got over 15,000 signatures. We held a rally at UBC with media attention and high community turnout. And we wrote a city council motion with Sean Orr and Lucy Maloney which passed unanimously calling for provincial action for the UBC SkyTrain.

I’ve also fought against the provincial government’s austerity agenda against higher education. The province has been threatening to hike tuition rates and cut funding for post secondary. I’ve organized protests and media attention against this austerity. 

I plan to keep fighting against austerity, keep fighting against cuts, and keep fighting for a city that works for us. If you want to stay in this city, this campaign is for you.